[Woodworkers] I actually finished something

[Doug Pauls]

Well done. My Dad has been gone 13 years, and I am restoring many of his
tools.  It means extra to you, doesn't it?

On Mon, Dec 9, 2019, 5:21 PM Gary C Williams via Woodworkers <
woodworkers at lists.sawdusters.org> wrote:

> 2Dave,
>
> I'm so sorry for your loss. My dad has been dead for 38 years and I still
> have some hand saws that I think were my grandfather's that I inherited
> from my dad. I probably should do exactly what you did and build a nice
> nesting box for them.
>
> Great job!
>
> Gary Williams
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Heitstuman via Woodworkers <woodworkers at lists.sawdusters.org>
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> Sent: Mon, Dec 9, 2019 5:42 pm
> Subject: [Woodworkers] I actually finished something
>
> After dad passed away I found several handsaws in his basement shop.  I
> think I knew about 3 of them the rest not so much.  I have wanted to build
> a saw till of some sort as a proper home for them but like everything I get
> the idea, maybe get started and never finish it.  In this case I was
> looking for ideas; that I could either borrow from, or just flat copy.
> This is actually a combination of a couple of different saw tills I found.
> The sides are clear pine from our old kitchen cabinets.  The bottom is a
> piece of Walnut that came from dads.  The boards that make up the blade
> holder is some sort of hard wood, and a piece of Douglas fir, both of which
> I believe came from dads stash.  The dowel is 1” maple, that is something I
> had.
> The saws are in a variety of condition, with at least 2 having broken
> handles.  There is at least one saw that is virtually new and I believe may
> date back into the 50’s if not older.  It is the one on the far left.  A
> couple are newer more modern saws (one even has a plastic handle) but they
> were dads so they are there.  2 of them are mine (more natural handles, one
> long one short) that dad had bought for me when we first got our house.
> Now I just need to figure out what each saw is and if they will even cut.
>
>
> 2Dave
>
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